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ZIP 59854: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59854: how deep wells go, where the water table sits, what wells produce, which water rights are on file, and which documented environmental sites are nearby. Area statistics orient you; a property report analyzes the records around one specific parcel.

Updated September 2026 · Based on 1,435 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

377

0.4 per sq mi

Median well depth

98 ft

half of wells 57–168 ft

Median static water level

27 ft

323 measurements

Median tested yield

17 gpm

335 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59854?

Of 358 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 98 feet. Half were drilled between 57 and 168 feet; one in ten went deeper than 273 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 31 feet. Depth is set by local geology and position on the landscape, both of which change over short distances, so the spread matters as much as the median.

under 50 ft
19%
50–100 ft
33%
100–200 ft
30%
200–300 ft
11%
300–500 ft
7%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

27 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 14 and 50 ft

The static level is how far below ground the water stands before pumping, measured by the driller at completion. It affects pump setting and operating cost, and it moves with season and with neighbouring use.

Well yield

17 gpm

median tested yield · half between 10 and 30 gpm

13% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 47% produced 20 or more. These are short completion tests, not sustained-capacity tests; a household typically needs 3 to 5 gpm with storage.

Drilling activity

Recent well drilling in ZIP 59854

57 wells have been completed here since 2016, 7 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed August 20, 2026. Records run back to 1892.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic309
  • Stockwater76
  • Irrigation9
  • Public Water Supply7
  • Commercial3

How they were drilled

  • Rotary142
  • Cable77
  • Cable Tool51
  • Drilled10

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59854

  • Western Water Wells22 since 2016 · 2026
  • Mt Poverty Water Well Drilling6 since 2016 · 2021
  • A-10 Drilling6 since 2016 · 2026
  • Ak Drilling Inc.5 since 2016 · 2025
  • Jeromes Drilling Co4 since 2016 · 2019
  • Camp Well Drilling And Pump Service4 since 2016 · 2025
  • Western Montana Drilling Co.4 since 2016 · 2025
  • Camp Well Drilling & Pump Supply2 since 2016 · 2018

Ranked by well logs filed with GWIC, public record only. Not an endorsement, a referral or a paid listing; we have no business relationship with these companies. Verify licensing with the Montana Board of Water Well Contractors before hiring.

Water rights

Water rights on file in ZIP 59854

Montana DNRC lists 1,053 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 325 groundwater and 728 surface water, 941 of them active. The median priority date is 1945, and the oldest claim dates to 1858.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim779
  • Ground Water Certificate219
  • Provisional Permit18
  • Exempt Notice16
  • Compact13

Purposes

  • Stock467
  • Irrigation197
  • Domestic132
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden50
  • Institutional34

DNRC basins

  • 76F1,024
  • 76J29

Area totals describe the neighbourhood, not any one parcel. Montana publishes no authoritative link between a parcel and a water right; whether a right attaches to a specific property is a property-level question that our reports answer with the DNRC abstract linked.

Aquifers and geology

What wells in ZIP 59854 draw from

Drillers record the aquifer a well is completed in. The units below account for the wells here that carry an aquifer assignment; the median depth beside each is for wells completed in that unit.

  • Sediments (pleistocene)51 wells · 22% · median 56 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (pleistocene)48 wells · 21% · median 75 ft
  • Glacial Outwash (pleistocene)34 wells · 15% · median 70 ft
  • Sediments (tertiary)34 wells · 15% · median 155 ft
  • Glacial Till24 wells · 10% · median 114 ft

Aquifer assignments are the driller's, recorded at completion, and many older logs carry none. Absence of an assignment is not evidence about the geology.

Environmental groundwater screening

Documented environmental sites in ZIP 59854

Petroleum releases

2

0 open · 2 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

3

underground storage tanks, current and historical

A documented release or site in the area is not evidence that any particular well is affected. Whether a release reaches a well depends on groundwater flow direction, geology, well depth and construction, the extent of the plume and the cleanup performed. The most recent release reported here dates to 1996. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.